Tie-plate or seat for railway-rails.



No. 818,870. v PATENTED APR. 1'7, 1906.

' S. J. GRUBB.

TIE PLATE OR SEAT FOR RAILWAY RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG, 30. 1905.

, specification.

UNITE snags PATENT orrion Specification of Letters Patent.

IEatented April 17, 1906.

v Application filed August 30,1905. Serial gc glfififiii.

T0 aZZ whom it mwy concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL JACKSON GRUBB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dooley, county of Wise, and State of Virginia; have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie-Plates or Seats for Railway-Rails, of which the following is a This invention relates to tie-plates or seats for railway-rails.

Much difficulty is experienced from the creeping and spreading of rails on grades and curves, necessitating constant inspection and requiring rep airs from time to time on account of loosened ties and spreadand broken bolts and spikes, beside constituting an ever-present menace to rolling-stock and passengers.

The present invention seeks to obviate these di'liiculties, expenses, and dangers by the provision of an improved tie-plate or seat for receiving the rails and securing them to the ties.v

The invention is set forth in detail hereinafter, and the novel features are recited in the appended claims.

In t e accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the invention in use the rail being shown in dotted lines; Fig. 2, a-

cross-section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a

cross-section on line 3 3'of'Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 a bottom perspective view.

1 represents adjacent ties of a railway, one

- or the rails 2 of which is shown in dotted lines.

invention is more particularly intended for use at points intermediate the rail ends; but it can be applied at the rail-joint, if desired. The seat 3 is a metal plate of sufficient length to bridge two adjacent ties and rest thereon, the bottom thereof having integral transverse ribs or braces 4, which may be spaced pro erly apart, so as to lie against a.

the sides of t e ties. Projecting from the bottom of the respective end portions of the seat 3 are integral prongs or spike-like oints 5, which are adapted to penetrate t e respective ties and hold the device in position by simply hammerin on top of the seat 3. Each end portion of t e seat has four (more or less) spike-holes 6, through whichthe usual spikes may be driven into the ties. The outer edge of the seat has an integral v fraised flange 7 for the rail-base to abutagalnst to prevent it from passing oii the seat,.and

at its central portion. this flange is enlarged and formedinto a flange 8, which is adapted to'overhjang the rail-base and abut the railto overhang the rai 8 to engage the base-flange of the rails is a headed set-screw 9, the head of which may be of a size adapted for engagement by the usual track-wrench. To turning over, Iprovide the outward flanges or extensions 10 lying on top of the ties.

The present invention is especially adapted for use on dips and curves to prevent the rails I web. Threaded verticallythroughthisflange revent the rail from from spreading or creeping, while the use of the spikes and prongs prevents the ties from loosening at dangerous points of thetrack by coupling or tying the ties together. Should the spikes loosen unduly, seat to the ties. The invention, by roviding a plate between the rail and ties, a so PIG". vents the ties from being cut bythe rail-bases from the heavy strains to which passing trains subject them; v

The ribs 4-.' may run lengthwise instead of crosswise of plate 3,'in which case they would be of substantially the same length as when extending crosswise'of plate 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is r 1. A tie-plate or seat for rails, comprising a seat-plate having at itsrespective end pore tions integral prongs projecting downwardly from its bottom toenter adjacent ties and also provided at its end portions with holes to receive spikes to' enter adjacent ties, said 'seaeplate being provided with an upwardly-i projecting flange to engage the outer edge of the rail-baseand also having a large flange at hang the rail-base, and a set-screw threaded its outer portion which is adapted to over-' through said overhanging flange in a general upright direction and adapted to engage the rail-base.

2. A tie-plate or seat for rails, comprising a seat-plate provided at its outer portion with an upwardly-projecting flange to engage the outer edge of the rail and also having a large flange at its outer portion which is. adapted -base, a set-screw threaded'through said overhan in -flan e in a genei'ahupright direction an adapts to engage the rail-base, and means for securing the end portions of the plate to adjacent ties.

3. A tie-plateor seat for rails, comprising a seat-plate provided at its outer portion with an upwardly-projecting flange to en gage "theouter edge of the rail and also having a large flange at its-outer ortion which is adapted to overhang the rail ase, asst-screw threaded thretlg i seid o erhanging flange in. In testimony whei'eot'i hereunto affixmy a general ypnwht,direetlen and adapted to sigpature in presence of two Witnesses.

engage theif aiibase, said seat-plate havin lateral exteilsions at its end portions beyon SM/IUEL JACKSON U 5 the upright flange aforesaid which rest on the Witnesses:

ties, and for securing the end. portions D. W HOLYFIELD,

of the plate t'e edjaeent ties. V. 0'. HILL. 

